List_of_city_nicknames_in_Maine
This partial list of city nicknames in Maine compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Maine are known by. City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity.[1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth"[2] are also believed to have economic value.[1] Their economic value is difficult to measure,[1] but there are anecdotal reports of cities that have achieved substantial economic benefits by "branding" themselves by adopting new slogans.[2]
- Bangor – The Queen City of the East[3]
- Bath – The City of Ships[4]
- Cherryfield – Blueberry Capital of the World[5]
- Farmington
- Freeport – Birthplace of Maine[8][9]
- Lincoln – The Gateway Town[10]
- Lewiston – Little Canada[11]
- The Dirty Lew[12]
- Millinocket – The Magic City[13]
- Portland – Forest City (reported in 1894)[14]
- Presque Isle – The Star City[15]
- Rockland – Lobster Capital of the World[16][17]
- Strong – Toothpick Capital of the World[17]
- Waterville